GUWAHATI, Jan 24 - The 94th meeting of the Zonal Railway Users Consultative Committee (ZRUCC) was held here earlier this week.
The main objective of the meeting was to have direct interaction with representatives from various sections of society and railway users for further improvement in all sectors of railway-related services.
The committee comprises MPs and MLAs from various north-eastern states, senior officials from the transport departments of various states, passenger associations, merchants� associations, chambers of commerce and special interest groups.
Speaking on the occasion, General Manager of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Sanjive Roy called upon all the members of the committee to put forward their suggestions on railway-related services and assured them that their suggestions would be given due importance by the railway authorities.
He also highlighted various steps already taken to improve services in the region and the major projects undertaken for rail infrastructure development.
Roy said that at present 253 projects related to development of passenger amenities are being undertaken with an estimated cost Rs 1,319.39 crore.
Important stations are being provided with facilities like escalators, lifts, Wi-Fi and digital museums, and 100 per cent LED lights and divyang toilet facilities have been provided at all nominated stations of NFR.
